Not only were VEQTER able to accommodate us at short notice by mobilising overseas, but also with a very fluid schedule and work scope. All testing was conducted at the high professional standard demanded by our industry, along with regular live updates during the site testing and analysis.
Veqter provide a comprehensive suite of residual stress determination methods, and are always on hand to advise the most suitable method for any given application. The depth of knowledge and expertise across many different residual stress determination methods make them an attractive company to work with.
Thank you to Veqter, who knew to bring an innovating solution to our problems on the study of residual stresses and thus to meet our need with reactivity and professionalism.
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VEQTER provides leading edge expertise on any aspect related to residual stresses in engineering components and structures, be it
Through residual stress measurements and analysis, VEQTER is helping many clients to understand and manage the performance of their components and structures.
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Created in 2004 as a spin-off from the University of Bristol, VEQTER has been helping the engineering industry worldwide with its unique experience and capabilities in the field of residual stress measurement, analysis and training.
(DHD) residual stress measurement technique was revived and subsequently developed at the University of Bristol under the supervision of Professor David Smith with substantial funding and support from the UK Nuclear Industry. By the early 2000’s the technique was providing accurate and robust results helping to demonstrate nuclear plant compliance according to safety audit requirements. Also, the DHD technique was beginning to play an important role in many collaborative UK, EU and industry funded research projects (e.g. ELIXIR, ENPOWER, INTEGRITY, NET). With the technique gaining increased credibility and maturity it was clear that the commercial demands of the worldwide engineering industry could not be met by a university research group, hence VEQTER Ltd was formed on 12th May 2004.
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Co-founded by Prof. David Smith and Dr. Ed Kingston, and with the support of the University of Bristol, VEQTER started providing the commercial DHD measurement service for the engineering industry worldwide under an exclusive license agreement. Ed moved from the University to operate and run VEQTER full-time whilst David remained within the University to continue leading its research in the wider field of engineering mechanics and providing assistance to VEQTER as/when required. The DHD operations of VEQTER continued to expand with new clients and new team members. In June 2007 Dr. Chris Truman (now Professor) joined the Board of Directors to expand the services provided to include consultancy and training in the field of residual stresses. Chris’s arrival was the catalyst in organising our inaugural
in 2008 with invited expert speakers from around the world providing a 4-day tutorial workshop on the main residual stress measurement techniques. Following the success of the Workshop in 2008, VEQTER and the University of Bristol have organised a further three workshops keeping the engineering community up-to-date with recent advances and new insights.
Since 2008 VEQTER has invested significantly in expanding its measurement operations beyond DHD and now provides a wide range of expert measurement services which include:
